European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rebels by Arthur Gashon associated presi from Aberdeen in Scotland to the portuguese is lands of the azores militant minorities today Are crusading or change change ranging from statehood to More rights of self their struggles have disturbed the sense of Calm that had begun settling Over the old world As East West tensions were easing the causes they Are pressing appear totally to conflict with the movement toward wider political and economic Unity by the nine nation common Market in the West and the Warsaw based Council far economic Mutual assist Ance in the i number Kings and Queens of England and of Scot land and princes of Wales among my so 1 can readily understand these aspirations toward separa Elizabeth ii reflected wistfully Al a ceremony launching her Silver Jubilee Bui i cannot forget that i was crowned Queen of the United kingdom of great Britain and Northern the monarchs statement sounded innocent if somewhat to English but to nationalist minded Welsh and Northern arguing the Case for in it was unforgivable political interference and Many said Tho incident Points up the seriousness of the current talk that the United kingdom May split into four Dis Tinct parts before the Century is Artu the la Mainland situations Bave worsened beyond the Point of Mere the the first outsiders to feed Rene Leves ques concept of a free face the anger of Cor scans wanting Home despite the Concession of language and cultural they have yet to Cool the Fervour and periodic bombings of radicals demanding a free the bretons their own the Long troubled experimenting with democracy after n years of have three distinct breakaway movements to Deal catalans and All with secret right now Are relatively but new explosions Are always in other lands Independence seeking a oreans battled portuguese troops in the worst outbreak of Vio Lence in South moluccas hijacked a Tram and seized More than 200 hostages in Holland As part of their Long Campaign to win Back their Indonesia run islands in the South Pacific where they dream to be Independent two years ago they were thwarted in a plot to Kidnap Queen in Yugoslavia million croats want a state of their Austria is worrying about its in Northern the protestant majority and the roman Catholic minority Are fighting mercilessly on after eight nearly deaths and an uncounted number of an overview of Europe breakaway movement mean time has yielded several clearcut perceptions t operational methods As Well As motives Are mixed among the widely differing rebel greater Militancy is expected if the basques of Spain and prance dont get the Homeland they want or if the russians from their Sanctuary in Hungary were to Stoke up croatian nationalism after president Josif Broi Tito the scottish and unlike the Northern Corsica is and others have for the present disavowed use of including their Reliance on the political process upset Britain two party system and has left prime minister James Callaghan with his minority labor government on a razors Edge of separatism As a Rule seems to be stronger in regions whore economic development is the Bonan to of North sea Oil and Gas resources off the scottish for has fed nationalist arguments for splitting from the complexities of centralized government have further isolated National leaders from the people they Rule from Tew ministers with big depart ments of state manage to spare the time to keep in touch with their especially those with old in this officials whisper privately thai some european politicians would do Well to copy president Carters policy of frequent close nonstop communication with Ordinary publicists and chosen social groups such As the state department diplomats who Deal with Given areas of Europe keep close watch on the development of separatist movements and this is because uie Brea Kup of a nation stale could have major political consequences not Only in the affected Region but also in particularly in the context of Washington relations with the government separatism can be one and  official it also can provide Boca Ingi far Mischl Mauni by authorities insist that they take great care never to become entangled in these last How Anne then ambassador to did make a Point of visiting Wales and Northern Ireland to get a feel for us mood of those another Factor engaging attention in the activities of separatists relates to acts of the state department has a special unit working with other like minded nations to combat five croatian last for hijacked a Twa Airliner carry ing w passengers from new York to it ended in the hijackers purpose was to Public in the crop intelligence services of several Allied including the have established that some separatist and terrorist groups work meet help each other in arms compare Swap the for Are aware of Irish Republican army Ira links with the they that there have been meetings Between delegates of the basques and the plaid which is the Welsh nation Al Van a Veteran Breton activist who is Secretary general of the committee for the liberation of goes in the Irish from time to time Breton activists receive arms training in secret Irish Basque according to the also keep in close touch with the sinn but Basque at the denied official Spanish government claims that Ira explosives were used in the Iso of die Spanish prime Luis Carrara one report reaching Washington intelligence in 1974 told of a lop secret meeting in of the Lead ers of More than a dozen breakaway report claimed there was much discussion of Bow As whole the groups were in control of considerable Territo yet lacked real National informants said movements involved in the Trieste talks included the Eie Kadi to As Kawasuna mean tag Basque Homeland and Cata Page 14 the stars and stripes Monde